Let's+meet+our+friends

=Let's Meet Our New Friends=

By: Angie Wilson

Purpose
This game is designed for elementary students on their first day of class. It is an activity designed so that children can get to know more about each other and their instructor can learn more about his/her students.

Time Required
15 - 30 minutes.

Number of Participants
20-30 participants

Supplies Needed

 * chart paper for each group
 * timer
 * whistle

Preparation
Before the activity make sure to have an answer poster for each category of information (one for each group). The five categories will be favorite food, favorite color, favorite sport, and what pet do you have at home.

Introduction
At the start of the lesson teacher announces that this is an activity in which you will be collecting information about others and reporting that information. Divide the class into teams of five. Assign each team a different category. Model what teams will be asked to do. Model strategies for collecting information. Ask teams to go to their corners for 3 - 5 minutes and decide how they are going to collect their information from all students. Warn them that there will only be 5 minutes allowed to collect as much information in your category from as many people as you can.

Process
Announce the beginning of the data collection period. Ask the teams to collect the data (using whatever strategies they devised earlier) within the next 5 minutes. Make sure to model how this should look like and sound like. After 5 minutes call time and ask the teams to go back to their corners,discuss the data and produce a summary report on their poster (graph, pictorial, etc.).

Debrief
Presenting Results - After 5 minutes announce the start of the show-and-tell period. Call on teams in random order and give each team a minute to make its presentation.

Credits
Adapted from workshops by Thiagi, Inc. the hello game.